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“Being told about the effects of climate change is an appeal to our reason and to our desire to bring about change. But to see that Africans are the hardest hit by climate change, even though they generate almost no greenhouse gas, is a glaring injustice, which also triggers anger and outrage over those who…

“We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.” –Orison Swett Marden If you had never heard of global warming before, how would you figure out whether it’s real or not? And if it is real, how would you figure out what humanity’s role in it is? To answer this, I’ve decided to…

“There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.” –David Attenborough It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything on this blog about global warming, climate change, or most Earth-based environmental topics in general. After all, I’m a physicist — an astrophysicist…

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.” –Mark Twain So, you’ve been around a while, seen all sorts of things, and learned an awful lot about the world, solar system and Universe that we live in. But how well do you know it,…

Good luck, clear skies and great viewing for everyone out there trying to see the Venus Transit! Update 1: Watch the event live here, or watch the embedded NASA video stream, below: Live video from your Android device on Ustream Update 2: here are the results of my Transit “expedition”, where I didn’t get any…